Candeo Colors- Zef

Hi everyone! I'm super in love with the mani I have to show you today! The star of the show is Candeo Colors- Zef. I ordered this in the first stock that it was available a few months back. I remember that this formula was slightly different then the original Zef so it was discounted. By discounted I mean like half off so of course I was going to pick it up! From what I can remember, it was missing some type of glitter. The bottle doesn't even have the Candeo Colors label. Comparing it to the website pictures I can't really tell a difference! I just know it's gorgeous and I'm glad I picked it up. You can find Candeo Colors in their personal shop. Keep in mind that I don't think you will be able to get the "messed up" version of Zef but you can get the normal one!

I knew I had to have some undies to wear Zef over and I had the perfect polish in mind, Orly- Au Champagne! I put off buying Au Champagne for the longest time even though everyone told me I needed it. Man were they right! It's a stunning, frosty white polish packed with a silvery white shimmer. It applies great for a frost. Barely streaky and pretty opaque. I think the shimmer really helps it to not appear to streaky. It just glows when you add a top coat. Now on to Candeo Colors- Zef! It's a matte glitter bomb and a perfect color combo. Black, blue and pink matte glitters in different shapes and sizes. On to the not so great part, application kinda sucked. The glitter wanted to clump together and it definitely took some patience to get it evenly on the nail. I would say I used about one and a half coats because I had to fish out some of the bigger blue hexes and pink squares. I think the finished look is so, so pretty though!

Two coats of Orly- Au Champagne

One and a half coats of Candeo Colors- Zef

One coat of Gelous

One coat of Poshe

Oh, I almost forgot to mention that I used a PVA/ glue base coat for this mani! I will let you all know how it goes. Not sure if I will do a post on it or not just because it seems like every single blogger has done one and the information kinda repeats itself! Let me know what you guys think!

Reader's Choice Wednesday Featuring Candeo Colors

Hello everyone! I have some bad news for you... I think my camera might be dying. It's been making a super weird noise when it focuses and I can't seem to make it stop. No matter how far I zoom out or in, it doesn't focus all the way. Sorry ahead of time if my pictures are a bit wonky! Anywho, I have a RCW post for you today! Candeo Colors- Mallard was the winner! The polishes can be purchased from the Candeo Colors website. Just check the Facebook for restock info.

Mallard has some of my favorite colored glitter all in one polish! I think it predominantly has silver, green and purple hexes as well as smaller glitters. Who cares, it's just so glittery! It is a clear based polish so I chose Zoya- Caitlin as a base. I do feel that Mallard is slightly prettier in the bottle. Something just doesn't translate on the nail. It's very pretty but the colored glitter doesn't really stand out as much as I would like. Maybe I'm still to fixated on matte glitters LOL. It applies fairly smooth but does seem a smidge thick.

Two coats of Zoya- Caitlin

Three coats of Candeo Colors- Mallard

One coat of Poshe

What do you think? Do you own any Candeo Colors? If so, which ones?

Don't forget to vote for next week's Reader's Choice Wednesday!